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MENISPERMACEAE 



the long, hairy or plumose, persistent style, and the achenes of 

 1 flower make a plumose head fully 2 inches in diameter. 



Distribution. — The Virginia Virgin's-Bower, a vine of 

 shrubby thickets, ranges from Nova Scotia to Manitoba and 



FIG. 14 

 Clematis virginiana 



south to Georgia and Tennessee. In Illinois, it has been re- 

 corded in almost every heavily wooded section of the state, with 

 the exception of Jo Daviess County in the extreme northwest. 

 It is not, however, truly woody except in the most southern 

 part of the state. 



MENISPERMACEAE 



The Moonseed Family 



The moonseed family consists chiefly of woody climbers with 

 palmate or peltate leaves arranged alternately on the stems, 

 without stipules. The sepals, 4 to 8 in number, and the petals, 

 6 to 8 in number, are similar and are arranged in 3 or 4 rows. 

 The dioecious flowers are small and bear 6 to many stamens 

 or 3 to 6 ovaries which develop into oval, fleshy, 1-seeded 

 drupes. 



